Over the last ten years or so, we’ve seen endless articles (including quite a few here at Cultured Vultures) on “franchises ...

In today’s news, Capcom put a lock made of ice on a 30 year old door, Legacy of Kain probably just died again, and Mario defies the critics. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:13 Capcom Add Enigma DRM to ...

The PS1 heralded the dawning of a tonne of successful franchises that are still going strong today as some of the biggest in ...

It feels like we’ve, or at least, I’ve been waiting ages for Super Meat Boy 3D to finally materialise. I don’t know, ...

Developers Pantaloon have just revealed BOXROOM and, basically, it lets you curate your Steam library into a physical ...

Fourty years after its original release, Day of the Dead is getting a full 4K restoration via Scream Factory, arriving June 16 as a limited-edition 4-disc UHD Collector’s Edition. The set marks the ...

Battlefield obviously has its diehard devotees, but for almost the entirety of its lifespan, it felt like it was playing second fiddle to Call of Duty. Now though, it feels like the winds are shifting ...

Led by the PS1, the fifth generation of consoles was when developers really started leaning into darker, more unsettling stuff. Everyone knows more polygons = more adult. Today, let’s talk about just ...

Pride often comes before a fall, and in the wake of the PlayStation 2’s unprecedented success, Sony had no shortage of pride. This is the story of how the creators of the all-time best selling console ...

Whether due to publisher deals gone sour, licenses expiring, feuds between developer and publisher and other reasons entirely, there’s a wide range of games that you just can’t buy digitally anymore, ...

When you think about it, it’s a wonder that any games get made at all, considering the amount of workers, time and money needed to pull off some of the biggest games ever made. Factoring in all the ...

Ask anybody to name a famous skateboarder and 20 times out of 10 and you’ll hear the name of the eponymous Tony Hawk. The Birdman is a legend, an innovator, and (famously) the nicest guy you’ll ever ...